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Red light for pain and inflammation
Pain and inflammation can have many different causes. It is important to understand that both pain and inflammation are not bad per se, but serve a purpose. However, our bodies are not perfect either and so it can happen that pain and inflammation do us more harm than good.
Near infrared (NIR) and red light have been shown in various studies to have both a preventive and a regulating effect on pain and inflammation. In this article, you can find out how this can be explained and how you can take advantage of this mode of action.
A plea for pain and inflammation
What would life be like without pain? Probably one thing above all: very short. After all, pain warns us of health risks in many situations and thus ensures that we make the right decisions for our body. The situation is similar with inflammation, which is initially nothing more than the body's own defense reaction to a harmful stimulus, such as pathogens.
It only becomes problematic when the cause of the pain is not recognizable or we ignore it or when an inflammation gets out of control. Pain and inflammation can then become chronic and harm us and our body.
Preventive and regulating effect on inflammation
Among the various studies that have been carried out on the effects of near infrared (NIR) and red light, there are also a number that show positive effects on inflammation. anti-inflammatory effect of the NIR/red light. On the one hand, healthy cells are prepared for future inflammation and, on the other, existing inflammation is alleviated.
This mode of action of NIR/red light takes on a very special significance when you consider that science now sees chronic inflammation as the main cause of most chronic diseases. These include heart disease, cancer, depression, Alzheimer's disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes (type 1) are also caused by chronic inflammation.
The ways in which red light anti-inflammatory effect is still being researched. What is certain, however, is that red light has a proven anti-inflammatory effect wherever mitochondria are present in the cells; and this is the case in the majority of cells - from the tissue to the joints to the various organs.
Pain-relieving light
Not all pain is the same: there are different types of pain that are triggered by different causes. To get straight to the point: NIR/red light will not be able to help with all forms of pain. However, the general effectiveness for chronic pain is quite high.
What does that mean? Well, NIR/red light has been shown to provide pain relief for the following conditions:
- Chronic neck pain
- Knee pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Lower back pain
- Chronic pain in the elbow, wrist and fingers
- Chronic joint diseases
- pain in the sacroiliac joint
- Chronic toothache
- Osteoarthritic pain
- tendonitis
- myofascial pain syndrome
Red light as a natural pain reliever
The top priority should always be to identify and eliminate the cause of the pain or inflammation. However, this is sometimes easier said than done and medicine still has no solution for some forms of chronic pain and inflammation.
Different wavelengths of red light or near-infrared light can Treatment of pain and inflammation but support it. True to the motto "less is sometimes more", you should not overdo it with the amount of red light. Even short applications have an effect and can help your body to help itself.
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References:
- Hamblin, M.R. (2017): Mechanisms and applications of the anti-inflammatory effects of photobiomodulation. AIMS Biophys. 2017;4(3):337-361. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2017.3.337. Epub 2017 May 19. PMID: 28748217; PMCID: PMC5523874.
- WHITTEN, Ari (2018): The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy. Archangel Ink.
- When the immune system becomes the enemy: Chronic inflammatory diseases – Retrieved 19.02.2021, from health-research-bmbf.de
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Da die Anwendung sehr angenehm und einfach ist, kann man das Ganze erst mal positiv sehen. Ich fange jetzt mit der Behandlung einer chronischen Bursitis trochanterica an. Melde das Ergebnis später, in einem Monat.
Sehr gute Erklärung ..
Sehr gute Information.
LG. Manfred Zach
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Lichtblock replied:
Vielen Dank Manfred!